minor premise

名词 minor premise:

1. the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
   同义词：minor premiss, subsumption

1. If the major premise is `Boys like fruit' and the minor premise is `You are a boy', then the conclusion is `Therefore you like fruit'.
   设若大前提为｀男孩儿爱吃水果＇, 小前提为｀你是男孩儿＇, 则结论为｀所以你爱吃水果＇.